Richmond City School of the Arts was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their ninth straight loss. They had to suffer through a 35-7 loss at the hands of the Powhatan Indians. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia football rankings (they are ranked 280th, while the Indians are ranked 96th).
Elliott Murphy was his usual excellent self, rushing for 104 yards and three touchdowns on only five carries, while also throwing for 100 yards and a touchdown on only nine passes for Powhatan. The dominant performance gave Murphy a new career-high in rushing yards. Ben Whitver also helped out with an impressive 93 receiving yards.
Richmond City School of the Arts' defeat dropped their record down to 1-9. As for Powhatan, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 6-4 record this season.
Richmond City School of the Arts does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Powhatan, they didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, a 28-7 loss against Dinwiddie on the 15th.
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